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v. To confine in or as if in a pound: capture and impound stray dogs.

v. To seize and retain in legal custody: impounding disputed electoral ballots.

v. To set aside in a fund rather than spend as prescribed: a governor who impounded monies designated for use by cities.

v. To accumulate and store in a reservoir: By damming the stream, the engineers impounded its waters for irrigation.

v. To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.

v. To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.

v. To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest.

n. A place in which things are impounded.

n. A state of being impounded.

n. That which has been impounded.

n. Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance.

v. To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court

To put, shut, or confine in or as in a pound or close pen; restrain within bounds; confine: as, to impound stray horses, cattle, etc.

To take and retain possession of, as a forged document produced as evidence in a trial and directed to be held in custody of the law, in order that a prosecution may be instituted in respect of it.

To gather and retain (water) in a reservoir, basin, or pond.

v. place or shut up in a pound

v. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

"It's very hard to claim a vehicle from death row, and the duty officer at the impound is a close friend of mine."

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